Don't write me no more letters
My mailbox is full of bombs
Between you and the crooks on my block

I don't remember the good times
I wasn't there when you were kind
And my wife has some dogs in our yard

And I cannot hold a candle for every pretty gun
We were strangers many hours
And I missed you for so long

When we were liars, lovers in combat
Faded like your name on those jeans that I burned

But I am older now, and we did it when we were young
I am older now, and we did it when we were young

There are no reasons to believe
I buried my faith in another plot
With your heart and your clothes, when I find
And I don't feel you or recall
I put your bones out in the yard for someone else
To be called and called by

And I cannot hold a candle for every pretty gun
We were strangers many hours
And I missed you for so long

When we were liars, lovers in combat
Faded like your name on those jeans that I burned

But I am older now, and we did it when we were young
I am older now, and we did it when we were young
I am older now, and we did it when we were young
I am older now, and we did it when we were young